Then to make matters worse after I’m already discouraged about my efforts as a real estate investor, I come home to find a dead chicken in my front yard wrapped up in a black plastic trash bag.

I spend next to no time in my day-to-day real estate operations. 90% of the time is spent turning a unit, which I enjoy because it doesn't happen very often.Second, because you are not looking to become an expert property manager (you want to become an expert investor)Property management isn't brain surgery.... ...third because you can utilize a property management company's resources and scale your business a lot faster. 

This friend had a disfiguring accident happen to his face when he was young which cost him his lower jaw and most of his tongue and required extensive surgery to patch up.

Transaction fees for plastic are always high.If you only have a few rentals, go to your bank and ask them for direct deposit instructions.

We live in SC, but he spent weeks at Duke Medical Center and then Vanderbilt for evaluations of a possible life-saving surgery (didn’t pan out).

I rarely use the actual stakes as I tend to put them on concrete or inside, but they attract a lot of ants and unlike the Terro liquid that goes on cardboard, it doesn't dry out nearly as quickly as the stake stations (I also add liquid Terro to the tops and four corners of the stake stations to attract more ants).The plastic bait stations are also decent but if they're on even a slight decline they empty out all over the ground.  

Hi,I did my first 3 years with a boutique agency in Seattle which was fine for the purposes of buying and selling my own properties or those of friends and family but there wasn't any new client leads and the desk fees and percentage to me wasn't great considering I tend to do most of my work at home and on my own phone (I didn't have my own desk at the office).I decided to deactivate my license when I was schedule for a surgery that would lay me up for a few months but am now thinking about options for hanging my license.

I'd try to rent it without it. at most,  go to HD and get a Sutter home or whatever it's called plastic shed for 650 bucks.  

Some even have plastic sheeting for skirting! 

A nice white plastic privacy fence, metal roofing, 3 other sheds, new a/c, home water filter system, just to name a few key selling points.